capias en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkeɪ.pi.əs/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkapɪəs/ (UK)
- /ˈkæ.pi.əs/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capiās (“you should seize, you are to seize”), from capiō (“to seize”).
Meanings
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An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
All which when Cupid heard, he by and by / In great displeasure wild a Capias / Should issue forth t'attach that scornefull lasse.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| capiases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |